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german tv

  • 11-02-2009 3:51pm
    #1
    foxhound
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    is there any way to get german or other non english television with out attaching a satellite dish to my house
    Is there anythig I can buy to get this

    Thansk


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  • #2
    Nowso
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 5,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭Nowso


    Buy an indoor portable satellite set there small dish etc but mite suit u or internet options also


  • #3
    rlogue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭rlogue


    Sorry Nowso, what did you say? :confused:


  • #4
    watty
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    foxhound wrote: »
    is there any way to get german or other non english television with out attaching a satellite dish to my house
    Is there anythig I can buy to get this

    Thansk

    no. You need 80cm external dish. Though it could sit IN a balcony.


    Internet streaming isn't reliable nor decent quality, poor range of stations and kills your cap.

    About 2,500 non-english free tV and 1500 non-english radio on 1.1m motorised dish. Plenty on 19.2E on 80cm.


  • #5
    Pal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,115 ✭✭✭Pal


    How about one of those flat things that stick to the wall and are all the rage in France ?


  • #6
    foxhound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭foxhound


    thanks i am going to look into a portable satellite or a flat one and see how that goes found a few sites on line that sell them but dont know if it will pick up foreign tv (other than from the UK)
    Maplin here i come


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  • #7
    snaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,138 ✭✭✭snaps


    My friend installed a flat one the other day who had picked up one somewhere. I dont know anything about them, but one thing ill say is that i wasnt impressed with it. Signal was extremely poor on 19.2east (Which he wanted it set up on). I also noticed when it rained quite heavy the signal really dropped. Also it wasnt cheap either. Heaven knows why he brought it, but hey.

    If your going to put up a flat dish why not a proper solid satellite dish? Whats the problem?

    If you do have a south facing window in a spare room, you could put a dish in that room looking out, it wont be great but it will work (depending on what kinda window it is). Like watty said, an 80cm would be the norm for non astra (Uk FTA) setup.


  • #8
    watty
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    Pal wrote: »
    How about one of those flat things that stick to the wall and are all the rage in France ?

    They have the signal for it, We don't.

    Sky 60cm min, 70cm recommended in west
    Anything else 80cm up depending on sat to get the rain margin

    Apart from Astra2D and Intelsat907 we are on the edge of footprints.


  • #9
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    foxhound wrote: »
    thanks i am going to look into a portable satellite or a flat one and see how that goes found a few sites on line that sell them but dont know if it will pick up foreign tv (other than from the UK)
    Maplin here i come

    Poor for Sky in rain.
    Nearly useless for anything else in rain. Those systems are for south East England, France, Germany etc


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